English Explanatory Dictionary

standard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
  2. Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
  3. Having recognized excellence or authority.
  4. Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
  5. Having a manual transmission.
  6. As normally supplied (not optional).
  7. Conforming to the standard variety.
noun
  1. A principle or example or measure used for comparison.
  2. A level of quality or attainment.
  3. Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model.
  4. A musical work of established popularity.
  5. A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government.
  6. The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established for coinage.
  7. standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language
  8. A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.
  9. Grade level in primary education.
  10. A vertical pole with something at its apex.
  11. An object supported in an upright position, such as a lamp standard.
  12. The flag or ensign carried by a military unit.
intj
  1. An expression of agreement.
name
  1. Denoting the name of a universal language in various works.

Pronunciation

/ˈstændəd/ /ˈstændɚd/ /ˈsteə̯ndɚd/ /ˈstɛə̯ndɚd/ En-us-standard.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Standard.wav

Word forms

standard most standard standards

Etymology

From Middle English standard, from Old French estandart (“gathering place, battle flag”), from Frankish *standahard (literally “stand firm, stand hard”), equivalent to stand + -ard. An alternative etymology derives the second element from Frankish *oʀd (“point, spot, place”) (compare Old French ordé (“pointed”), Old English ord (“point, source, vanguard”), German Standort (“location, place, site, position, base”, literally “standing-point”)). Merged with Middle English standar, stander, standere (“flag, banner”, literally “stander”), equivalent to stand + -er. More at stand, hard, ord. As a hill-naming term possibly a calque from Cumbric; equivalent to Welsh lluman (“standard”), arising with confusion with the hill-naming element llumon (“chimney”).

Synonyms

acceptable accepted accustomed book by the book canonical classic consistent conventional customary definitive desired established expected habitual law-abiding ordinal ordinary orthodox permissible plain procedural recognized regular routinary routine standard traditional typical uniform usual wonted average medial basic bog-standard common commonplace common-and-garden common-or-garden congruent everyday garden variety improminent mundane natural normal par for the course plain vanilla quotidian run-of-the-mill standard issue unexceptional unremarkable unstrange vulgar wakeaday workaday benchmark yardstick

Antonyms

nonstandard non-standard atypical off special

Related words

valid Galactic

Derived words

bog-standard dog standard malstandard Maoist Standard English more-standard multistandard nanostandard perfect gold standard test prestandard semistandard Standard Aramaic standardbred standard candle standard coin standard conditions standard definition standard deviation standard dialect standard drink standard electrode potential standard error standardese standard fare standard form standard gauge standard gravity standard hydrogen electrode standardise standardish standardism standard issue standardista standardize standard lamp standard language standard lens standardless standard-like standardlike standardly standard meridian standard model standard money standardness standard normal distribution standard normal random variable standard operating procedure standard poodle standard port standard practice standard ruler standard siren standard-size standard star standard temperature and pressure standard theory standard time standard topology standard transmission standard-wing
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